Last Modified: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 2:01 p.m.

Tom Petcher, 69, of Hillsboro, Ill., is accused of exposing himself to two 14-year-old girls at Siesta Public Beach.

According to a report, a lifeguard told deputies that two 14-year-old girls reported that Tom Petcher, 69, of Hillsboro, Ill., had his swim trunks around his ankles and tried to brush one of the girls' legs with his buttocks. Petcher floated on his back with his genitals exposed as the girls tried to get away and continued to swim toward the two for at least 15 minutes, the report states.

Deputies confronted Petcher as he walked toward the parking lot. He is charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition.

<p><em>SARASOTA COUNTY</em> - A man was arrested Thursday after exposing himself to teenage girls swimming at Siesta Public Beach, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.</p><p>According to a report, a lifeguard told deputies that two 14-year-old girls reported that Tom Petcher, 69, of Hillsboro, Ill., had his swim trunks around his ankles and tried to brush one of the girls' legs with his buttocks. Petcher floated on his back with his genitals exposed as the girls tried to get away and continued to swim toward the two for at least 15 minutes, the report states.</p><p>Deputies confronted Petcher as he walked toward the parking lot. He is charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition.</p>